subsolidusn.
/ˌsʌbˈsɒlᵻdəs/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈsɑlədəs/ Chiefly Geology.
That part of a phase diagram that lies below the solidus (solidus n.2), thus representing a system that is wholly solid. Usually attributive.
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1945 Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 24 42 Two different types of sub-solidus transitions are found to exist in rock-forming solid solutions.
1952 B. Mason Princ. Geochem. x. 232 We must..consider the phase changes that may take place in solid solutions in the subsolidus region.
1992 K. G. Cox in G. C. Brown et al. Understanding Earth vi. 118/1 When all the liquid has disappeared the charge simply cools in the subsolidus as a solid mixture of diopside and anorthite crystals.
2002 Jrnl. Petrol. 43 1638/2 These values may reflect the range in which hornblende precipitated or reached equilibrium with plagioclase in a subsolidus state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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